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George, I have submitted an information request to the city asking for the monthly cost of the lease the civil rights museum and the Sit In Movement organization has for the real estate it occupies at the Elm St. location. I think we need to know with certainty what the owners of the building are being paid.

This is a non-profit organization that receives local governmental funding; so this information should be made available to the public.

Generally speaking from a HR perspective, you always double what the organization pays in salary for cost from a benefits perspective. While that's probably grossly overestimating, I think it's better to ask 3.1 million - 1.6 million = .... rest of operating budget.

Having been there, I'd say that the electric bill probably is pretty high with all the lights and electronics. Insurance might be another thing that costs somewhat high. I don't know what else there is from a day-to-day operations side of things but you have to account for all of these things when you run day-to-day ops.

i think that request will fall on deaf ears. if you want to see their numbers let me try to post their 990 tax form for all to see on facebook or if you want to i can try to scribd it for all to see. Let me try to scribd it first.

It has been a thorn to me that i think needs to change that if you request tax payer money then all your books need to be open for transparency. Project Homestead comes to mind.